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General Knowledge Jamaican Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which continent is Jamaica located?

a)

Caribbean

b)

Australlia or Oceania

c)

North America

d)

Asia

2.

How many parishes are in Jamaica?

a)

50

b)

14

c)

4

d)

22

3.

Which of the following are parishes of Jamaica?

a)

Clarendon

b)

Manchester

c)

st. Catherine

d)

Spanish Town

4.

What is the capital of Jamaica?

a)

Kingston

b)

Spanish Town

c)

Montego Bay

d)

Port Royal

5.

In which parish will you find the following image?

a)

Ocho Rios

b)

St. Ann

c)

Montego Bay

d)

Kingston

6.

At summer, The "Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show" is held in which parish?

a)

May Pen

b)

Clarendon

c)

St. Catherine

d)

Montego Bay

7.

Which parish is shaded?

a)

St. Andrew

b)

St. Ann

c)

Kingston

d)

St. Catherine

8.

Which of the following is shaded?

a)

Manchester

b)

Middlesex

c)

Cornwall

d)

St. Ann

9.

Choose the following that are national symbols.

a)

The Jamaican Flag

b)

Rio Minho

c)

Dumpling

d)

Lignum Vitae

e)

Water

10.

In Jamaica, August 6, 1962 is (a)  

11.

Who are believed to be the original inhabitants of Jamaica?

a)

Tainos or Arawak

b)

Caribs

c)

Spanish

d)

Jamaicans

12.

What are the colours of the Jamaican flag?

a)

green

b)

black

c)

yellow or gold

d)

white

e)

red

13.

Which of the following happened in the year of 1692?

a)

Jamaica gained independence

b)

An earthquake hit Port Royal

c)

Jamaica gained Emancipation

d)

i don't remember

14.

Where can the Cockpit Country be found?

a)

Manchester, St. Ann, Trelawny

b)

Trelawny, St. Elizabeth, st. James

c)

Kingston, St. Andrew

d)

St. Mary, St. Thomas, Hanover

15.

In which of the following parishes can you find the highest mountain in Jamaica?

a)

St. James

b)

St. Andrew

c)

Kingston

d)

Portland

e)

St. Mary

16.

Which of the following can be found in Kingston?

a)

Don Figuerero Moutains

b)

Liguanea Plains

c)

Blue Mountains

d)

Stony Hill

e)

Dolphin Head Mountains

17.

If you go to a beach in Jamaica, which body of water would you be swimming in?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Red Sea

d)

Caribbean Sea

e)

Atlantic Ocean

18.

Who represented The Queen at Jamaica’s Independence celebrations in 1962?

a)

Princess Margaret

b)

Governor General, Sir Kenneth Blackburne

c)

Prince Philip

d)

No one, Queen Elizabeth II was present at the celebration

19.

Who is Jamaica’s first National Hero?

a)

Nanny of the Maroons

b)

Alexander Bustamante

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Bob Marley

20.

the name Jamaica means "land of wood and water".

a)

True

b)

False